It has been a moment since I have written a Removing The Mask blog, and its mainly because I had not made the time to keep up effectively with this series. My newest team up with Tracie Hurst broke the door down and inspired this series to reboot.
Our myth breaking LIVE on social media, Smoke-N-Know, has us looking into some hard topics. The main one being our bodies and CBD/THC. Last week we began a multi-part series on the FDA and You. We began discussing its regulations/non-regulations surrounding CBD/THC. This week we are moving into part two and talking openly about addictions.
I have always found it ironic that the FDA spends billions of dollars and man hours to develop chemically laced drugs for human use, instead of fully researching what is already avaliable on the Earth that will work in our bodies the same way or better.
The FDA claims that there is not enough research to support legalizing CBD/THC federally because they mainly still don't know what long term effects of using said substance would have on the body. They will also tell you that they cannot study it's adverse side effects effectively because people do not report them.
My question is, what if there are no ADVERSE side effects of CBD/THC to report?
Yes, ANYTHING can be over done. I don't care what it is; eating, drinking, working out, drugs, shopping. Anything can be taken to far. So have people smoked too much THC and felt all kinds of ways? Yes! I have been there myself LOL. But that was not because of the THC, that was because I chose to sit there and smoke as if I were a champ or Snoop Dogg. And the side effect was super super hungry, but too stoned to move. So I opted to stay put and let the other side effect of super sleep take hold.
To my knowledge not one person has every died from too much CBD or THC.
Did you know...That every class action lawsuit going today surrounds something that the FDA approved?
Since the FDA doesn't know more about CBD, let's talk about something they know all about and have approved, yet we see people die from daily, fentanyl.
I mean, fentanyl is a powerful opioid that is used for pain relief and can be combined with other drugs for anestesia purposes.
Considering that fentanyl was not created until 1959, what did everyone do before then? What was being researched and used to treat pain or sedate a being?
Let's take a look at some facts.
Last year over 75,000 Americans died due to opioid overdose.(Add the rest of the world's death toll and yeah. ALSO the FDA approved these opioids).
Right now on the streets Heroin, cocaine, etc are 85% or more in fentanyl content than the actual drug. (Fentanyl is cheaper and easier to acquire)
In 1961 Johnson & Johnson bought Janssen Pharmaceutica (the Beligum company that was responsible for creating Fentanyl in '59)
Both have offices and manufacutring sites all over the world inculding in the U.S.
Yet, China is blamed for routes of smuggling this product in with such influx
Now, CBD/THC have been well documented throughout the ages of its healing effects when ingested, smoked or used in a topical fashion. Still have yet to find the worst side-effect being death. Yes, other countries research these natural plants way more than the US, but these other countries still pour millions into creating 'new' medicines.
Perscription drug cost are quite high if you are on the consumer side. Once perscription drugs become too much for someone to afford that is addicted, the likelyhood they seek street drugs of a cheaper value is equally as high. It's crazy to think, but this is a sad and true current reality.
If I go pull a random habitual heroin user off the street and test them, they are most likely to test clean for heroin. Why? Because they are injecting/ingesting fentanyl and don't even realize it. It's become the same truth for those that use cocaine. Why? Because fentanyl is easier and more cost effective for dealers to acquire in bulk. It also means more profits without having to use the 'real thing.'
I am of the knowing that nothing happens without the goverments allowing. I do not say this because of what someone has told me, I say this because of the experiences my life has been blessed to have. Our streets communities are flooded with drugs because they head allows it. Many of the drugs plauging our communities are man-made.
We as a soceity have an opioid/heroin epidemic because of our great government. Feel how you feel about that, but it does not change that fact. I mean did we all not just watch the show Ozark?
Pablo Escobar was real. Those backdoor deals with the government were. And today they are still very real and happening all around us. It is a world problem, not just a US problem. Our borders need security so that the citizens cannot freely move and spread truth, in my opinion.
When will addiction end? Well addiction ends when each human becomes responsible for what they consume. In all ways. But to begin to end drug addiction, well the head must be removed from the snake. And each human will have to take the responsiblity of learning their body and the world around them, into their own hands.
Addiction will always be a forefront problem if society continues to nurture the way it has always nurtured. If we contiune to teach people that someone else holds all of their answers and they simply have to show up, then we will continue to see a part of society lost to some type of dark force.
The FDA will always approve things that make them money. And most often they know upon releasing what the worst side-effects could be, yet they mass produce and distrubate away.
It does sound overwhelming when you think about all that personal responsibility along with all the other things we humans are responsible to in a day. But your overall well-being depends on it. Taking time to do your own research is a vital part of this human experience. It does not matter what the topic is. Taking time to understand what you have, and taking time to act on your knowledge is a must.
Allowing yourself to let go of things that are not truly necessary will give you time you never thought possible.
You can have all the knowledge in the world, but if you are not using it for your betterment then can you really say you know anything?
For more on Opioids, Fentanyl and the FDA:
Recent Opioid bust
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/opioid-crisis-epidemic-appalachian-medical-professionals-charged-doj/
Brief FDA History
https://crstoday.com/articles/2011-oct/a-brief-history-of-the-fda/
History of Fentanyl
https://www.therecoveryvillage.com/fentanyl-addiction/where-does-fentanyl-come-from/
History of Janssen Pharmaceutica
https://ourstory.jnj.com/johnson-johnson-acquires-janssen-pharmaceutica
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janssen_Pharmaceuticals
Join Tracie, aka Dr. Stanky and I, May 11th on IG 8pm and FB 10pm EST LIVE for Part 2 of The FDA and You. Mindset is key and we aim to aid one another through expansion and shifting from what we thought we knew, to what we now know.
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